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PEER Construction is committed to the provision of a safe and healthy work environment for all employees, contractors, apprentices, and clients.<\/p>\n
A hazard is defined as a situation or thing that has the potential to harm a person.<\/p>\n
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The purpose of this policy is to outline PEER Construction\u2019s requirements for reporting hazards.<\/p>\n
This policy:<\/p>\n
This policy applies to all employees, and all activities carried out, at PEER Construction relating to the assessment of risks in:<\/p>\n
The process of identification of all safety aspects and impacts of PEER Construction operations as described in this policy must be documented.<\/p>\n
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It is important that all hazards, incidents and accidents are reported.<\/p>\n
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Employees must report all hazards, near misses, incidents, or injuries to their site supervisor or manager.<\/p>\n
An email outlining the accident\/incident and recommendations must be sent to management.<\/span><\/p>\n Supervisor<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n If the hazard can be remedied immediately, the manager should take appropriate action in consultation with the health and safety representative. If a hazard requires greater investigation and the sourcing of risk controls, the manager, or the reporting employee should record this and identify the proposed risk controls in consultation with the health and safety representative.<\/p>\n Hazards identified during formal inspections should be recorded.<\/p>\n The manager must report all notifiable incidents to SafeWork SA by phone and then in writing within 48 hours.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Near miss and incident reporting” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]<\/p>\n All near miss\/incidents should be recorded by the manager or the reporting employee. If a person has been injured the need for first aid should be assessed and appropriate action taken.<\/p>\n If the near miss\/incident is serious, the manager should contact the WHS team for advice. The WHS team will advise if SafeWork SA needs to be notified of the incident.<\/p>\n The incident is deemed to be a Notifiable Incident and must be reported to SafeWork SA if it resulted in:<\/p>\n If the incident is notifiable, the site of the incident is to remain undisturbed until a SafeWork SA inspector arrives on site or gives permission for disturbance.<\/p>\n The head of department or unit manager must report all notifiable incidents to SafeWork SA by phone and then in writing within 48 hours.<\/p>\n The manager should undertake an incident investigation in consultation with the health and safety representative and record the findings, recommendations and report of the incident.<\/p>\n Complex investigations or investigations where there is uncertainty will be supported by the WHS team upon request of the manager or health and safety representative.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n [\/et_pb_accordion_item][et_pb_accordion_item title=”Injury reporting” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}” open=”off”]The health and safety representative must be notified immediately in the event of an incident occurring.<\/p>\n The accident\/incident report form must be completed for any incident, accident or near miss.<\/p>\n The completed form must be emailed to the supervisor\/manager.<\/p>\n An email outlining the accident\/incident and recommendations must be sent to management.[\/et_pb_accordion_item][\/et_pb_accordion][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tabs admin_label=”References and related” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_tab title=”References” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Equal Opportunity Act 1984 [\/et_pb_tab][et_pb_tab title=”Related” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]WHS Policy Version 2.0 – Last updated 01\/05\/2023<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_tab][\/et_pb_tabs][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ fullwidth=”on” _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hazard reporting policyPEER Construction is committed to the provision of a safe and healthy work environment for all employees, contractors, apprentices, and clients. 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Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (SA)
Work Health and Safety Regulations 2012 (SA)
Environment Protection Act 1993<\/p>\n
\nHazard report form
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